Brethertons Quotes & Sayings

It takes strong ears indeed to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure criticism without being stung by it, those who venture to criticize us perform a remarkable act of friendship. For it is a healthy love that will risk wounding or offending in order to profer a benefit. — Michel De Montaigne

All my life I've been surrounded by people who are smarter than I am, but I found I could always keep up by working hard. — Glenn T. Seaborg

Sometimes when Anna is talking to Louise she sees words coming out of her mouth like fistfuls of stones. But she doesn't intend to spew stones; it's simply the only way Anna knows how to takl to her mother. — Jessica Anya Blau

I suffer from Irish-Catholic guilt. Guilt is a good reality check. It keeps that 'do what makes you happy' thing in check. — Edward Burns

I think a lot of women feel like they have to choose between making movies or making a family. — Sian Heder

Poverty palls the most generous spirits; it cows industry, and casts resolution itself into despair. — Joseph Addison

But, nevertheless, if there is even the slightest recognition, liberation is easy. Should you ask why this is so - it is because once the awesome, terrifying and fearful appearances arise, the awareness does not have the luxury of distraction. The awareness is one-pointedly concentrated. — Karma-glin-pa

I believe this not in the sense that it is part of my creed, but in the sense that it is one of my opinions. My religion would not be in ruins if this opinion were shown to be false. — C.S. Lewis

For being different, it's easy. But to be unique, it's a complicated thing. — Lady Gaga

You cannot write if you do not read,' the blind man said. 'You cannot eat if you do not chew. And you cannot play if you do not' - he grabbed for the boy's hand - 'listen. — Mitch Albom

When things hurt us, we're merely on our way to another spiritual environment. — Myrtle Reed

There are bullfighters who do it just for the money-they are worthless [said Hemingway]. The only one who matters is the bullfighter who feels it, so that if he did it for nothing, he would do it just as well. Same holds true for damn near everyone. — A. E. Hotchner

The average age in the U.S. is now thirty-three, whereas Mexico gets younger and younger, retreats deeper and deeper into adolescence. Mexico is fifteen. Mexico is wearing a Hard Rock Cafe T-shirt and wandering around Tijuana looking for a job, for a date, for something to put on her face to take care of the acne. — Richard Rodriguez

Anyone for a Film Festival?: — Jerome Pitt

In a book, all would have gone according to plan ... but life was so fucking untidy - what could you say for an existence where some of the most crucial conversations of your life took place when you needed to take a shit, or something? An existence where there weren't even any chapters? — Stephen King